Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI) is committed to supporting high quality medical education programs designed to broaden the nutritional knowledge and clinical skills of physicians. The continuing medical education (CME) programs you will find here were supported in part through Abbott Nutrition grants.

We provide support for pediatric and adult nutrition topics so you can earn CME credits at no cost to you!

The Pediatric Nutrition Series is distinctly focused on infant, toddler, childhood and adolescent nutrition. Designed to meet the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) content specifications and the guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The series offers case studies with answers and applied learning activities.

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Faculty: Robert Murray, MD. Department of Human Nutrition College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University.

Description: This lecture will enable the resident to describe the fundamentals of high quality, age appropriate nutrition counseling.

Description: This module addresses the topic of obesity, providing information on standard terminology and pathophysiology, the clinical evaluation, and management of the overweight and obese adolescent.

Description: This module presents key information about eating disorders in today’s teens. In addition to describing the epidemiology and pathogenesis of eating disorders, it will review a treatment and referral plan for patients with eating disorders.

Description: This module presents key information about parenteral and enteral feeding for children. It will review the indications for parenteral therapy and enteral nutrition. For TPN, there will be an overview of the principles and examples for assessing intravenous calories, components and complications associated with parenteral nutrition. For Enteral, a review of formula selections along with the usage and considerations for tube feedings.

Description: This module addresses the prevalence and risk factors associated with adolescent eating disorders, and how to administer appropriate treatment in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Description: This module addresses the addition of complementary foods to the diet of infants. It will focus on the types of complementary foods available, nutritional considerations, and behavioral issues associated with adding complementary foods.

Description: This module addresses the nutritional needs of adolescents as well as the number of social and emotional factors that impact the nutrition of normal adolescents. Nutritional abnormalities will be addressed including nutritional deficiencies and early identification of adolescents with eating problems or disorders.

Description: This module addresses the understanding of breastfeeding initiation and discontinuation practices of mothers as well as the common barriers to continued breastfeeding. Cases are utilized to help residents develop skills in counseling mothers with various breastfeeding issues.

Description: This module describes the elements of commonly available formulas for infants. It lists the five most common problems in formula-feeding infants and the best methods to resolve these problems.

Help patients discover their motivation for change. The Motivational Interviewing Series is designed to prepare learners for the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Performance Improvement Module on motivational interviewing. These modules review strategies for enhancing the patient’s motivation for change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. The six modules provide an engaging and discovery-based experience.

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View four videos of real residents discussing behavior change with patients. The below four videos demonstrate varying levels of confrontational and motivational interviews. Download the assessment tool and complete while viewing the videos, then compare your notes to the expert-completed assessment of each interview.

Interview with Mother, Confrontational - Session with mother after her daughter’s 7-year old well-child check to discuss the child’s weight. This session demonstrates a confrontational style of interviewing

Interview with Mother, Motivational Interviewing – Follow-up session with the same mother, demonstrating use of motivational interviewing

Interview with Adolescent, Motivational Interviewing with some Confrontation – Session with an adolescent presenting for a sport’s physical. His mother called the physician before the visit to express her concern about his recent restrictive eating behavior. His BMI dropped from the 90th percentile into the normal range.

Interview with Adolescent, Confrontational with aspects of Motivational Interviewing – Same scenario as previous Interview with Adolescent.

Description: This module explains the foundation for Motivational Interviewing, and includes a brief introduction to each of the 4 core techniques: expressing empathy and exploring ambivalence, developing the discrepancy, rolling with resistance, and supporting self-efficacy.

Description: Residents will review the fundamental concepts in motivational interviewing including partnering with the patient, understanding the patient’s reasons for making change, using affirmations and developing a patient-driven change plan

Your online training resource to advance your level of learning and comprehension in the area of adult nutrition. Comprehensive topics to address different patient types and is exclusively designed to meet the board certification content specification and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) guidelines.